AU2013405143B2 - Method and apparatus for ranging to a nearby well from ahead of a drill bit - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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- E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
- E21B47/01—Devices for supporting measuring instruments on drill bits, pipes, rods or wirelines; Protecting measuring instruments in boreholes against heat, shock, pressure or the like
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- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
- G01V3/00—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation
- G01V3/18—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation specially adapted for well-logging
- G01V3/30—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation specially adapted for well-logging operating with electromagnetic waves
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| PCT/US2013/070117 WO2015073007A1 (en) | 2013-11-14 | 2013-11-14 | Method and apparatus for ranging to a nearby well from ahead of a drill bit |
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| AU2013405143A1 AU2013405143A1 (en) | 2016-04-07 |
| AU2013405143B2 true AU2013405143B2 (en) | 2017-03-16 |
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| US (2) | US9920616B2 (es) |
| AR (1) | AR098409A1 (es) |
| AU (1) | AU2013405143B2 (es) |
| BR (1) | BR112016007604A2 (es) |
| CA (1) | CA2924594A1 (es) |
| GB (1) | GB2533731B (es) |
| NO (1) | NO20160562A1 (es) |
| RU (1) | RU2016114163A (es) |
| WO (1) | WO2015073007A1 (es) |
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| US9389111B2 (en) | 2010-03-11 | 2016-07-12 | Measurement Technology Group, Inc. | Dynamic-adaptive vapor reduction system and method |
| MY185941A (en) * | 2015-03-25 | 2021-06-14 | Halliburton Energy Services Inc | Surface excitation ranging methods and systems employing a ground well and a supplemental grounding arrangement |
| CA3021666A1 (en) | 2016-05-09 | 2017-11-16 | Scientific Drilling International, Inc. | Method for wellbore ranging and proximity detection |
| US11119240B2 (en) | 2017-06-01 | 2021-09-14 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Cased-well to cased-well active magnetic ranging |
| US11492898B2 (en) * | 2019-04-18 | 2022-11-08 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | Drilling system having wireless sensors |
| NO20230373A1 (en) | 2020-11-30 | 2023-04-03 | Scient Drilling Int Inc | Active magnetic ranging while drilling |
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| US5295548A (en) * | 1991-10-25 | 1994-03-22 | Akishima Laboratories(Mitsui Zosen) Inc. | Bottom-hole information collecting equipment |
| US20040118611A1 (en) * | 2002-11-15 | 2004-06-24 | Runia Douwe Johannes | Drilling a borehole |
| US20070114061A1 (en) * | 2005-11-21 | 2007-05-24 | Hall David R | Drill Bit Assembly with a Probe |
| US20120067644A1 (en) * | 2008-12-10 | 2012-03-22 | Jaideva Goswami | Method and Apparatus for Directional Well Logging |
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| US7841400B2 (en) | 2008-09-05 | 2010-11-30 | Thrubit B.V. | Apparatus and system to allow tool passage ahead of a bit |
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Patent Citations (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US5295548A (en) * | 1991-10-25 | 1994-03-22 | Akishima Laboratories(Mitsui Zosen) Inc. | Bottom-hole information collecting equipment |
| US20040118611A1 (en) * | 2002-11-15 | 2004-06-24 | Runia Douwe Johannes | Drilling a borehole |
| US20070114061A1 (en) * | 2005-11-21 | 2007-05-24 | Hall David R | Drill Bit Assembly with a Probe |
| US20120067644A1 (en) * | 2008-12-10 | 2012-03-22 | Jaideva Goswami | Method and Apparatus for Directional Well Logging |
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| US9920616B2 (en) | 2018-03-20 |
| GB2533731B (en) | 2020-08-05 |
| BR112016007604A2 (pt) | 2017-08-01 |
| US10641080B2 (en) | 2020-05-05 |
| GB201604635D0 (en) | 2016-05-04 |
| NO20160562A1 (en) | 2016-04-06 |
| AU2013405143A1 (en) | 2016-04-07 |
| RU2016114163A (ru) | 2017-12-19 |
| US20180163530A1 (en) | 2018-06-14 |
| WO2015073007A1 (en) | 2015-05-21 |
| GB2533731A (en) | 2016-06-29 |
| CA2924594A1 (en) | 2015-05-21 |
| AR098409A1 (es) | 2016-05-26 |
| US20150369036A1 (en) | 2015-12-24 |
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